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Morgan Wade has not only conquered the sophomore slump; the music and her raspy Virginia twang sound better than ever. "80s Movie" is redolent of the kind of nostalgia Eric Church does so well, referencing cassette tapes and small-town water towers, When Harry Met Sally and Dirty Dancing, and remembering boyfriends with "Tom Cruise hair." And, as with Church, it's as inspired by '80s guitar rock as classic '80s country. But there are plenty of '90s touchstones, too, including the folksy jangle of "Roman Candle" and smoky "Outrun." "Alanis," with its jittering guitar, pays tribute to Alanis Morisette and "You Oughta Know," which came out the year Wade was born. (She performed that song with Morissette and other country singers at the 2023 CMT Awards.) "Alanis, lived out your pain through sweet profanity … Alanis, how did you ever keep your sanity?" Wade sings, in awe of the way Morisette would "scream on the stage and let out the rage 'til the lights go dark." Appropriately, the song ends with Alanis-style harmonica. There's a Sheryl Crow open-mic vibe "Phantom Feelings," a Julia Michaels co-write, with Wade hitting a growl as she gets nostalgic about being "young and … dumb" and "getting drunk at a bar downtown quoting Sylvia Plath." There's also a longing for being 16 and carefree, before knowing "the world was so damn mean," on "Losers Like Me," which rips with juke-joint piano and siren-wail guitar. "We said we wouldn't get jobs and we'd burn our bras/ We wouldn't turn out nothing like our moms/ I didn't/ But I wish I did," Wade reckons. Inevitably, the songs on this record will be picked over for clues to Wade's nebulous relationship with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards, a favorite topic of internet gossip. Power ballad "Guns and Roses" should fuel the flames: "Chasing after you feels a little dangerous/ I could give it all, but it never is enough/ Just when I think we're friends/ All of your words turn to lead/ Planting flowers in my head/ Aiming for love, hitting me instead." And "27 Club," a bittersweet-sounding acoustic number, is sure to spur guessing games, as Wade sings about "laying in the bed at the Chateau/ With someone I saw on TV but barely even know" and being "out in LA with a Beverly Hills hottie/ The kind that wants to go and sniff the pills off my body." It builds and the guitars rock out, but Wade, who proudly wears her sobriety, is sometimes left "feeling so sad/ I could reach for the gun/ I could reach for the bottle/ But it's great/ I'm getting paid ... I didn't make the 27 club/ I'm 28." Glad she's here. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
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Butch Walker, Composer, Lyricist - Ashley Monroe, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Billy Justineau, Organ, Piano - Sadler Vaden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocal - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer - Drew Erwin, Background Vocal
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Billy Justineau, Keyboards, Piano - Sadler Vaden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer, Background Vocal - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Billy Justineau, Keyboards, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Katie Pruitt, Background Vocal - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer
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Leigh Nash, Background Vocal - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Aaron Sterling, Drums, Percussion - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Craig White, Assistant Engineer - Billy Justineau, Keyboards, Piano - Eli Beaird, Bass - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Acoustic Guitar - Gena Johnson, Vocal Producer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocal - Matt Ross-Spang, Mixing Engineer - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist
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Natalie Hemby, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Aaron Sterling, Drums - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Craig White, Assistant Engineer - Billy Justineau, Piano - Eleonore Denig, Strings - Eli Beaird, Bass - Sadler Vaden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar - Gena Johnson, Vocal Producer, Recording Engineer - Matt Ross-Spang, Mixing Engineer - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Natalie Hemby, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums - Billy Justineau, Organ - Sadler Vaden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Background Vocal - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Aaron Sterling, Drums, Percussion - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Craig White, Assistant Engineer - Billy Justineau, Keyboards - Julia Michaels, Composer, Lyricist - Eli Beaird, Bass - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocal - Ben Rice, Composer, Lyricist - Gena Johnson, Vocal Producer, Recording Engineer - Matt Ross-Spang, Mixing Engineer - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist
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Paul Ebersold, Editor - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Jarrad Kritzstein, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Eli Beaird, Bass - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Editor, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Gena Johnson, Editor, Recording Engineer - Matt Ross-Spang, Mixing Engineer - Zack Zinck, Assistant Engineer - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist
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Liz Rose, Composer, Lyricist - Hillary Lindsey, Composer, Lyricist - Lori McKenna, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Aaron Sterling, Drums - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Craig White, Assistant Engineer - Billy Justineau, Keyboards - Eli Beaird, Bass - Sadler Vaden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocal - Gena Johnson, Vocal Producer, Recording Engineer - Matt Ross-Spang, Mixing Engineer - Derry DeBorja, Piano, Synthesizer - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Lead Vocalist
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Ashley Monroe, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Billy Justineau, Organ, Piano - Angaleena Presley, Composer, Lyricist - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Billy Justineau, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Brittney Spencer, Background Vocal - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Darrell Thorp, Mixing Engineer - Aaron Sterling, Drums - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Craig White, Assistant Engineer - Eli Beaird, Bass - Sadler Vaden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards - Gena Johnson, Vocal Producer, Recording Engineer - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Richard Dodd, Mastering Engineer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, Percussion - Billy Justineau, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer - Sadler Vaden, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Owen Lewis, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jimbo Hart, Bass - Morgan Wade, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Skyler Chuckry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Album review
Morgan Wade has not only conquered the sophomore slump; the music and her raspy Virginia twang sound better than ever. "80s Movie" is redolent of the kind of nostalgia Eric Church does so well, referencing cassette tapes and small-town water towers, When Harry Met Sally and Dirty Dancing, and remembering boyfriends with "Tom Cruise hair." And, as with Church, it's as inspired by '80s guitar rock as classic '80s country. But there are plenty of '90s touchstones, too, including the folksy jangle of "Roman Candle" and smoky "Outrun." "Alanis," with its jittering guitar, pays tribute to Alanis Morisette and "You Oughta Know," which came out the year Wade was born. (She performed that song with Morissette and other country singers at the 2023 CMT Awards.) "Alanis, lived out your pain through sweet profanity … Alanis, how did you ever keep your sanity?" Wade sings, in awe of the way Morisette would "scream on the stage and let out the rage 'til the lights go dark." Appropriately, the song ends with Alanis-style harmonica. There's a Sheryl Crow open-mic vibe "Phantom Feelings," a Julia Michaels co-write, with Wade hitting a growl as she gets nostalgic about being "young and … dumb" and "getting drunk at a bar downtown quoting Sylvia Plath." There's also a longing for being 16 and carefree, before knowing "the world was so damn mean," on "Losers Like Me," which rips with juke-joint piano and siren-wail guitar. "We said we wouldn't get jobs and we'd burn our bras/ We wouldn't turn out nothing like our moms/ I didn't/ But I wish I did," Wade reckons. Inevitably, the songs on this record will be picked over for clues to Wade's nebulous relationship with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards, a favorite topic of internet gossip. Power ballad "Guns and Roses" should fuel the flames: "Chasing after you feels a little dangerous/ I could give it all, but it never is enough/ Just when I think we're friends/ All of your words turn to lead/ Planting flowers in my head/ Aiming for love, hitting me instead." And "27 Club," a bittersweet-sounding acoustic number, is sure to spur guessing games, as Wade sings about "laying in the bed at the Chateau/ With someone I saw on TV but barely even know" and being "out in LA with a Beverly Hills hottie/ The kind that wants to go and sniff the pills off my body." It builds and the guitars rock out, but Wade, who proudly wears her sobriety, is sometimes left "feeling so sad/ I could reach for the gun/ I could reach for the bottle/ But it's great/ I'm getting paid ... I didn't make the 27 club/ I'm 28." Glad she's here. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:51
- Main artists: Morgan Wade
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ladylike Records - RCA Nashville
- Genre: Country
(P) 2023 Ladylike Records, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
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